Proposition 4

**Cavernio** · 10-15-2008, 10:30 AM

It seems to me like a good solution would be to drop the age at which people are considered adults. It's funny how we consider people who are old enough to have babies 'children'. When I was 14, I certainly wasn't well-informed about voting, but I was certainly mature and smart enough to vote. To myself, I seem just as intelligent then as I am now, except that now I've just had a lot more time to think about things and learn things. My world view has not changed except to become bitter :-p I even think I was more responsible then than I am now.
If people were considered legally as adults at age 16, I think that would benefit not only voting, but things like consensual sex, mandatory schooling, video game ratings, etc. I don't think that it should be necessary to pursue a government class. In grade 8 I believe it's part of the canadian curriculum to learn the basics about government.

x_afterdawn_x: CBC disagrees with you. They had a stat showing that in the 2006 federal election, b/w 60-70% of people voted.

10-15-2008, 10:30 AM	#8
Cavernio sunshine and rainbows Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 43 Posts: 1,987	Re: Proposition 4 It seems to me like a good solution would be to drop the age at which people are considered adults. It's funny how we consider people who are old enough to have babies 'children'. When I was 14, I certainly wasn't well-informed about voting, but I was certainly mature and smart enough to vote. To myself, I seem just as intelligent then as I am now, except that now I've just had a lot more time to think about things and learn things. My world view has not changed except to become bitter :-p I even think I was more responsible then than I am now. If people were considered legally as adults at age 16, I think that would benefit not only voting, but things like consensual sex, mandatory schooling, video game ratings, etc. I don't think that it should be necessary to pursue a government class. In grade 8 I believe it's part of the canadian curriculum to learn the basics about government. x_afterdawn_x: CBC disagrees with you. They had a stat showing that in the 2006 federal election, b/w 60-70% of people voted. Last edited by Cavernio; 10-15-2008 at 10:32 AM..

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